a day in the life of a latvian mom

In the weekend, me and Helmī spent some time gardening together, and honestly, those are the moments I want to remember.

We planted beans together — the kind you eat whole with the pod. I made the holes in the soil with a poker, one by one, and Helmī carefully dropped the beans inside. Such a simple little teamwork, but it made the whole task feel lighter and sweeter somehow. She made the label and watered in.

Now I really hope we will have an abundance of beans this year (we had last year!).

Finally, I also planted out the foxgloves. I grew them from seed earlier this year, and they have been struggling for quite a while in the seed-snail like poor little survivors. I honestly wasn’t sure if they would make it.

I think this variety might actually be an annual instead of a perennial, but I’m not completely sure yet. For now, I planted them into the raised beds where I can keep a closer eye on them. If they survive our Latvian winter, maybe next year I’ll move them into the ground permanently.

Lately I’ve been thinking that maybe I want to organize the garden this way:
perennials planted directly into the ground, while vegetables and annual flowers stay in the raised beds.

We’ll see how it all works out in real life — gardening always has its own plans anyway.

Ilze